Overview
Facilitate direct group psychosocial support interventions for refugees, asylum seekers, and returned Mexicans in Mexico City, focusing on emotional wellbeing, resilience, and support networks.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate peer-to-peer psychosocial support sessions following IRC methodologies and IASC standards.
- Facilitate group spaces for identifying strengths and transferable skills to build positive employability narratives.
- Adapt facilitation to specific group profiles, maintaining an inclusive, participatory, and culturally relevant approach.
- Identify participants requiring individual attention or referral to specialized mental health services and manage those referrals.
- Support individualized case management during the initial months of employment to identify emerging needs and prevent early job abandonment.
- Maintain follow-up communication with participants to monitor their wellbeing during the socioeconomic integration process.
- Coordinate closely with the ERD team to ensure the psychosocial component enables and complements employability activities.
- Report to the Project Lead on component progress, field incidents, identified needs, and decisions requiring validation.
- Independently manage the preparation and updating of materials, facilitation guides, and methodological tools for the PSS component.
- Record participant data, attendance, and field observations in IRC systems with quality and timeliness.
- Prepare periodic session reports for the Project Lead, documenting progress, incidents, and identified needs in the field.
Required Experience
Minimum 1 year of professional experience in group facilitation, psychosocial intervention, community work, or supporting vulnerable populations. Experience in autonomous group facilitation and independent field decision-making will be especially valued. Experience with migrant, refugee, returned, or violence victim populations is desirable. Experience in humanitarian or international cooperation contexts is a plus, not indispensable.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, or a related field (essential). Proficiency in office software (intermediate level).
